Neck-yoke securer.



0. M. CONNOR. NECK YOKE SECURER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1913.

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CHARLES M. CONNOR, 0F BOYD, MINNESOTA.

NECK-YOKE SEGUREB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lttar. 3, 1914.

Application filed July 22, 1913. Serial No. 780,549.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES l I. CONNOR, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Boyd, in the county of Lacqui Parle and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yoke Securers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to devices es pecially adapted to be used upon pole ends for the purpose of securing the neck yoke in place thereon and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be easily and quickly manipulated in order that the neck yoke may be detached from the pole end when desired. However the device is of such character as to effectually retain the neck yoke connected with the pole end when the vehicle to which the pole is attached is moving in order that the forward end of the pole cannot fall and come in contact with the ground in the event that the draft animals should become disconnected with the swingletrees of the vehicle. Therefore the device is intended primarily to prevent accidents from happening incident to the dropping of the forward end of the pole or tongue should the draft animals become loose from the swingle tr es, inasmuch as the device retains the neck yoke in engage ment with the pole end and consequently the end of the tongue will be held above the surface of the ground.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the forward portion of a tongue or pole with the device applied. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. The remaining Figs. 3 and 4t are detailed views of the various features of the device.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing the pole 1 is of the usual configuration or pattern. The neck yoke 2 is provided at a point between its ends with the usual billet 3 having an opening adapted to receive the forward end portion of the said pole. The securing device comprises a ring l which is split transversely having upstanding eyes 5. The said ring is placed around the forward portion of the pole 1 and the rear end of a bar 6 is located between the eyes 5 and is pivotally connected thereto by means of a bolt 7. A loop 8 is connected with the free end portion of the bar 6 and is adapted to normally ride transversely across the pole 1. The loop 8 receives the intermediate portion of the billet 3 when the neck yoke is in position upon the pole. The loop 8 is formed from a single length of material and the end portions of the said loop lie against the opposite sides of the bar 6 and are secured to the bar by means of a bolt which passes transversely through the end portions of the loop and through the bar. The loop 8 may be free to swing with relation to the bar 6 or by tightening the said connectlng bolts the loop 8 may be made rigid or fixed with relation to the bar 6. The advantage of this arrangement is that when the billet B is in position upon the end of the tongue the said bolt may be tightened whereby the billet is securely held upon the tongue. Should. the billet 3 be very stiff and when it is desired to remove the same from the tongue the bolt which connects the loop 8 with the bar 6 may be loosened whereby the said loop 8 may swing with relation to the bar and consequently the loop 8 may be turned so that the billet may be slipped beyond the end of the tongue 1.

To assemble the parts the end of the billet 3 is first passed througa the loop 8 and then the said loop is swung away from the upper side of the pole 1. The end of the billet 3 is then carried down toward the forward end of the pole and the opening in the end of the billet is passed over the forward end of the pole. The billet then moves back along the pole 1 and lies between the forward and rear ends of the loop. The loop then swings down upon the upper side of the pole 1. Thus when backward pull is exerted upon the billet and neck yoke the strain is transmitted directly from the loop 8 along the bar 6 through the ring 4 and from the ring 4 to the pole. In the event that the draft animals should become disconnected from the swingle trees while the vehicle is moving in a forward direction the forward side of the billet 3 will come in contact with the forward side of the loop 8 but inasmuch as the said forward side of the loop 8 is behind the forward end of the tongue 1 the billet cannot become detached from the tongue. Consequently the forward end of the tongue cannot fall and come in contact with the ground.

When it is desired to disconnect the neck yoke from the tongue it is first necessary to swing the free end portion of the bar 6 and the loop 8 in an upward direction. The intermediate portion of the billet 3 may then be moved along the tongue toward the forward end thereof and the said tongue may be disengaged from the opening in the billet. The billet may then be drawn longitudinally out of the loop 8 when the parts are disconnected.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A device for securing a neck yoke to a pole comprising a bar pivotally connected with the pole, a loop formed from a single piece of material and having spaced end portions which 116 against the opposite sides of the bar, a bolt passmg transversely through the ends of the loop and the bar 1 and means for tightening the bolt.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses CHARLES M; CONNOR. Witnesses CHRIS EMERSON, TI-IEO. THOMPSON.

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